ra

wind bit through the thin Chanel suit, but it was

I stammered, my fingers

would be unwise for a wolfless Omega to cause a scene

pressing down on my shoulders. Defeated and humiliated, I pulled the h

s down, and the silence

led in years," Elias remarked, his tone clinical

t back, my voice tremblin

cked to my neck in the rearview mirror. "Your scent. You reek of the Alpha. To any

renched in his pheromones-the suffocating scent of a forest befo

t my thigh. I snatched it up lik

your calls. Was exhaus

t owl; he never slept early. Before I could even process the lie, another me

rk Moon bar last night at 1 AM! He

The normal life I had desperately clung to was a pathetic l

and I hadn't used protection. I was wolfless, blind to the biological rhythms of a

st time in my life I had spoken with s

orescent lights, ignoring the human cashier's bored stare, I grabbed a box of Plan B. I slammed my last fifty-dollar bill on the cou

lding. The rusted fire escape looked pathetic next to the sleek veh

An Alpha will protect what is his at all costs. And he will r

. My hand instinctively brushed my flat stomach.

lanced back. Through the windshield, I saw Elias close his eyes, his postu

A phantom sound echoed in my skull-the sharp, violent shatter of heavy crystal being crushed to dust. It wasn